[LargeFormat] the largeformat list
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Dec 5 23:21:28 2002
At 1:21 pm -0500 5/12/02, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>Hello Clive:
>
>Thanks for the reply. I used Kodalith about 40 years ago, developed in
>a mixture of one half Dektol and one half Kodalith developer, to make
>continuous tone shots with a lot of extra contrast.
>
>I thought about it for this mini-project but I've found that lith film,
>(and any B&W film) is still more expensive than enlarging paper is on
>ebay. And, since this isn't something where I'm looking to produce
>anything that I want to print as a positive, the paper should do fine.
>If serendipity gives me a really good shot or two then I can scan the
>paper negative and reverse it in Photoshop
>
>The whole idea of this effort is to save some of the money that I've
>been WASTING by testing with 11x14 chrome stock and the resulting $15.00
>each for processing.
>
>Not a complete waste though, because I've been able to cut some of them
>down to 8x10 when I've encountered unanticipated vignetting.
Ah Jim,
I thought you may be an old hand..... Your point is taken about the
potential of Ebay to deliver paper bargains. I hope that your holders
can take the thickness of the paper.
Popped over to your web site to have a quick look at your photos -
which are excellent btw. Korona cameras have long been a favourite of
mine and its great to have someone on the list using a 11x14 banquet
camera, particularly loaded with chromes!
You may find coverage information a lot more easily than testing by
asking about your lenses here. Having said that, nothing will beat
the real live test..... I haven't used any of the lenses you describe
but I would guess that some of them will cover 11x14 when stopped
right down. I use an 8x10 series 183mm Series V Protar that covers
8x10 with a lots of movement running at f32 and smaller (listed at
100 degrees coverage). It would probably cover 11x14 stopped down to
f45.
The Bavarian Staeble 210 Ultragon f9 lens is a process lens and may
cover 8x10 stopped down. The 305mm APO Kyvytar is a process lens made
by Kowa and that will probably cover 11x14 when stopped down. I have
no idea about the 305mm CZJ Protar - an f9 Series 3a has 97 degrees
coverage and will do the job. If it's an earlier version then
possibly not!
Cheers,
Clive